“Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge” is easily the best “Mortal Kombat” film and one of the best videogames movies to date. It’s not a great film by any means but it’s a fun and stylish animated picture that certainly captures the violent and enjoyable style of the hit videogame franchise.

In “Scorpion’s Revenge”, a fearless warrior and his family are brutally murdered by the deadly Sub-Zero. In his quest for vengeance, the warrior becomes the ninja ‘Scorpion’ and enters into the Mortal Kombat tournament so that he can face his enemy once more. The tournament shall decide the fate of the Earth realm.

Although the film is titled “Scorpion’s Revenge”, Scorpion is not in the film as much as you might expect. We also get to see Liu Kang, Sonya Blade, Johnny Cage, Goro, Shang Tsung, Raiden and others. Scorpion was easily my favourite character though. I do wish we had got to see more of Sub-Zero because his ice powers are really impressive. Although I’m not massively into the animation style, the characters do all look pretty good for the most part. Some will find it to be a good thing that they are animated and not live-action because the violence in this movie is intense.

“Scorpion’s Revenge” is not a kids’ film by any stretch of the imagination. The violence in this film is as shocking as you can get for an animated movie. It’s even more violent than “Ninja Scroll”. Prepare to see stabbings, decapitations, skulls torn out and bones being snapped. Many fans will of the videogames will love it because the live-action “Mortal Kombat” movies from the 90s lacked the gore. If you are not into the games then skip this but if you are, I think you will be very satisfied with what is on offer.